Cedar City Council reviews contract awards, closures of road near festival theater

Southern Utah Wood Turners Club President Will Arcularius (left) and vase trophy maker Jack Gunn present this hand-crafted wooden trophy to Mayor Maile Wilson-Edwards on June 20, 2018. The mayor will bestow this community gift to the Tour of Utah Stage 1 winner on Aug. 7, 2018.(Photo11: Zion Photography)

The Cedar City Council held a brief work meeting Wednesday. Vicinity plans, a road closure and annual blanket contract awards were reviewed.

A vicinity plan for The Pioneer Center Building commercial planned unit development was considered for approval. The plans call for the center to be divided into four units. All four proposed units are currently occupied by businesses. The purpose of the proposed PUD is to allow property owner Seven Stars Properties LLC to sell the individual units to companies or individual business owners. An owners association will be put in place to govern the usage and costs of common areas and maintenance of the building. The Pioneer Center is located at 1166 S. Sage Drive. The item was moved to the consent calendar for approval at the next council meeting.

A vicinity plan for the Talon Pointe at South Mountain Subdivision Phases 3 and 4 was moved to the consent calendar. Phase 3 on Taba Drive consists of 15 lots and Phase 4 on Hawk Drive consists of 18 lots. Developer Diversified Properties LLC was granted approval for the two phases more than two years ago. The request was resubmitted as the original approval had expired.

Annual contracts

Each year the city awards blanket contracts for a variety of roadwork maintenance and materials as well as tree-trimming and towing. The city accepted the recommendation of staff to award these contracts to the lowest bidder in each category. The contractors with the lowest bids were: Straight Stripe Painting, M.S. Concrete and Ashdown Brothers.

Spencer Asphalt, Asphalt Systems and Calumet Mountain States Asphalt rounded out the list of companies. No bids were received for towing. The city will search for a provider. One late bid for tree-trimming was received. The city reopened the process and will close the bidding period Monday. The contracts will be approved by consent.

Shakespeare Lane closure

A resolution to allow closure of Shakespeare Lane during performances at the Englestad Theater as part of this year’s Utah Shakespeare Festival was moved to the action calendar for a vote at next week’s meeting. Festival administration requested the closure in response to traffic noise interruptions during performances in the open-air theater. If approved, the street would be closed to all but residential traffic from 7 to 11:30 p.m. as the performance schedule warrants. Shakespeare Lane runs from 100 West to 300 West just south of the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts. Center Street north of the theater will be closed during performances per the Utah Department of Transportation.

The next regular meeting of the Cedar City Council will be held June 27 at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers, 10 N. Main St.